Gramene database in 2010: updates and extensions PublicDeposited

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Descriptions

Now in its 10th year, the Gramene database (http://www.gramene.org) has grown from its primary
focus on rice, the first fully-sequenced grass
genome, to become a resource for major model
and crop plants including Arabidopsis,
Brachypodium, maize, sorghum, poplar and grape
in addition to several species of rice. Gramene
began with the addition of an Ensembl genome
browser and has expanded in the last decade to
become a robust resource for plant genomics
hosting a wide array of data sets including quantitative
trait loci (QTL), metabolic pathways, genetic
diversity, genes, proteins, germplasm, literature,
ontologies and a fully-structured markers and sequences
database integrated with genome
browsers and maps from various published studies
(genetic, physical, bin, etc.). In addition, Gramene
now hosts a variety of web services including a
Distributed Annotation Server (DAS), BLAST and a
public MySQL database. Twice a year, Gramene
releases a major build of the database and makes
interim releases to correct errors or to make important
updates to software and/or data.